Bob wasn't so effective against heavyweights, but the ones he lost to were mostly better than Mac. Still, I think Mac's skill level was enough,...
You write like you have read something about the bout, but obviously you are making things up. The bout was only six rounds long, so the rounds in...
Tiger Flowers and Jimmy McLarnin had cool ring robes, though no color photos survive. Flowers' had a picture of a tiger on the back and McLarnin's...
Frazier defeats Foster, Lyle, and Shavers handily. If he gets by Liston in the first three rounds, he pulls away and wins that one handily as well.
Jeff Merritt was no saint. See Steve Compton's excellent three-part series on Merritt:...
Joey Giardello is amongst 'em. In his prime and when he was in shape, he ALWAYS made an opponent pay for daring to throw a punch.
What is the point of this ****?
On this particular effort, I find the color wavers all over the place and I find it a distraction. The film seems to have been taken from a 16mm...
My solution is to view the sport through an historical lense. I continue to watch videos of past fights with avid interest, but, except for some...
Thank you, Seamus.
Thanks, Chuck, I appreciate the compliment.
The sparring partner was Roy Moore, one of two fighting brothers. He was a respected middleweight at the tail end of a six-year pro career. As I...
I'll give you my prediction after the fight's over.
Lennox put on some clinics as well, but I found his fights less interesting than those of Holmes.
What a shock. Sad. He still had a lot to give to the sport. Boxing does not have many true giants left. He was one of the greatest. We can't...
